{"podcast":{"title":"Quite right!","slug":"quite-right-7391829","podcast_index_feed_id":7391829,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6851792d002f9da49a7fbef5","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/quiteright","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6851792d002f9da49a7fbef5/1756198905196-c0570aaf-3cde-4220-a492-0bdcf23ff408.jpeg","author":"The Spectator","episode_count":75,"summary":"Welcome to Quite right!, the podcast from The Spectator that searches for sanity and common sense in a world which increasingly seems devoid of both. Each week, join Michael Gove, editor of The Spectator , and Madeline Grant, assistant editor of The Spectator , for a mixture of politics, culture and mischief as they unpack the stories that most piqued their interest, amusement or exasperation. For more podcasts from The Spectator: spectator.co.uk/podcasts Subscribe to The Spectator : spectator.co.uk/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T10:19:12.969270+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quite-right-7391829"},"episode":{"title":"Peter Murrell's mafia-style SNP – and inside the Reform-Restore feud","slug":"peter-murrell-s-mafia-style-snp-and-inside-the-reform-restore-feud","published_at":"2026-05-26T18:53:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quite-right-7391829/peter-murrell-s-mafia-style-snp-and-inside-the-reform-restore-feud","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quite-right-7391829","url":"https://shows.acast.com/quiteright/episodes/peter-murrells-mafia-style-snp-could-the-reform-restore-feud","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6851792d002f9da49a7fbef5/e/6a15ec1ccb11d38a8be5ab10/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=yusLormyAfcKXo-Ksnuyg7qqYBRepC1tEBxCkcqlUcc","summary":"This week: the Peter Murrell scandal and the collapse of the SNP’s moral authority. After Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband and the party’s former chief executive pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from SNP funds, Michael and Madeline ask what this reveals about the party that dominated Scottish politics for more than a decade. Was this simply one man’s disgrace – or a symptom of a political machine that had grown too powerful, too closed and too complacent? Also on the podcast: the growing split on the right. As Rupert Lowe’s Restore threatens to divide the Reform vote in the Makerfield by-election, could Andy Burnham be saved by a battle between Nigel Farage and his former allies? And finally: the rise of the well-worriers. From Zoe and Oura rings to sleep scores, glucose monitors and heart-rate variability, the middle classes are no longer just trying to be healthy – they are trying to measure every flicker of human existence. Is all this self-tracking making us fitter, or just more neurotic? Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more. For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts . Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This week: the Peter Murrell scandal and the collapse of the SNP’s moral authority. After Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband and the party’s former chief…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3012,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/quite-right-7391829/episodes/peter-murrell-s-mafia-style-snp-and-inside-the-reform-restore-feud/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quite-right-7391829/peter-murrell-s-mafia-style-snp-and-inside-the-reform-restore-feud.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}